DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,466

WELLMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CMS LABOR SERVICES
JOHNSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 29, 2018 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers and former workers of Wellman Advanced
Materials, LLC, including on-site workers from CMS Labor
Services, Johnsonville, South Carolina (Wellman). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
synthetic fiber. The petition asserts that worker separations
were due to "foreign competition."
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and public
sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Wellman have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because Wellman
sales and production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
synthetic fiber produced by Wellman have increased during the
relevant period when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Wellman.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wellman, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of synthetic
fiber, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Wellman Advanced Materials, LLC, including
on-site workers from CMS Labor Services, Johnsonville,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 26, 2017 through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of January 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance